Digital Herbaria

Specimen & Label Data

Viola missouriensis

Missouri Violet

Violaceae

Location: Between sidewalk & large Quercus, on N side of Oakwell Farms Pky, at S gate to Tobin Estate--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Open, level, alluvial soil. Watered by sprinkler. Among Poaceae.

Description: Stemless perennial w/thick horizontal rhizome. Leaves many, long petioled (8.5 cm), 5.5x4.5 cm, dark green, acute, dentate, heavily veined. Peduncles several from root, to 8+ cm, erect. Sepals-5 (3x7 mm). Petals-5, light lavender w/bright violet lines distally on lower 3. Throat greenish.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 8, 1993
Specimen number: 491

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0733
Accession Date: Apr 26, 1994
Accession Number: 53

Annotations: SCFRB (in flower and fruit)